diff --git a/src/wikiq/__init__.py b/src/wikiq/__init__.py
index 4910c4d..6582f9a 100755
--- a/src/wikiq/__init__.py
+++ b/src/wikiq/__init__.py
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--batch-size",
         dest="batch_size",
-        default=4000,
+        default=2000,
         type=int,
         help="How many revisions to process in each batch. This ends up being the Parquet row group size",
     )